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Kaylo 20 (Owens-Corning)

Kaylo 20 was a calcium silicate pipe covering and block insulation made by Owens-Corning.1,2 In sworn answers given in three lawsuits between 1968 and 1970, Owens-Corning Fiberglas said that since 1958 it had made an industrial insulating material of calcium silicate, asbestos fibers and various types of binders, "known as Kaylo or Kaylo 20 Insulation."2,3,4 Its April 1968 answers say that Kaylo products, which carried the trade names "Kaylo" and "Kaylo 20," contained approximately 13 to 22% asbestos fibers.5

Owens-Corning's answers in 1968 and 1970 say the words "This Product Contains Asbestos Fiber" were set out on the packaging for Kaylo and Kaylo 20.2,3 Owens-Corning's 1969 answers say the label was stamped on shipping cartons and first used in February 1967.4

An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives Kaylo 20 as pipe covering and block made from 1958 to 1972, with 15 in the column read as percent asbestos.1

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Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around Kaylo 20 (Owens-Corning) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Owens Corning/Fibreboard asbestos trust (Owens Corning subfund). Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about Kaylo 20 (Owens-Corning) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “58”, p. 61
  • Asbestos content: “15”, p. 61
  • Made until: “72”, p. 61
  • Form: “PIPECOVER,BLOCK”, p. 61

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories

  • Made from: “since 1958”, p. 12
  • Warning label: “This Product Contains Asbestos Fiber - If dust is created when this product is handled, avoid breathing the dust.”, p. 22
  • Asbestos content: “comprised of calcium silicate, asbestos fibers and various types of binders”, p. 12

The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Response to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits

  • Made from: “since 1958 ... This product is known as Kaylo or Kaylo 20 Insulation.”, p. 13
  • Warning label: “"This Product Contains Asbestos Fiber ..." are set forth on the packaging container for Kaylo and Kaylo 20.”, p. 23

The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories

  • Made from: “since 1958”, p. 14
  • Warning label: “label stamped on shipping cartons, first used in February, 1967”, p. 34
  • Same product as: “known as Kaylo or Kaylo 20 Insulation”, p. 14

The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Answers to second interrogatories

  • Asbestos content: “sold under the trade names "Kaylo" and "Kaylo 20". Kaylo products contain approximately 13 - 22% asbestos fibers.”, p. 15

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

  • Description: “Hydrous calcium silicate with a small amount of asbestos fibers. Good compressive strength. Useful as fire protection insulation. Rigid.”, p. 796
  • Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 796
  • Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1800”, p. 796
  • Asbestos content: “Hydrous calcium silicate with a small amount of asbestos fibers”, p. 796

Kind of product

We list Kaylo 20 (Owens-Corning) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.

Other pipe covering and block insulation by Owens-Corning (3)

Kaylo · Kaylo 10 · Kaylo-klad

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (273)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · K-fac (U.S. Gypsum) · K-fac 19 (U.S. Gypsum) · Kaiser M. (Combustion Engineering) · Kalfelt (Atlas Asbestos) · Kalsil (Atlas Asbestos) · Kay-Therm (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Kaytherm (Nicolet) · Lasco (Lynch Asbestos) · Lennolite (Philip Carey) · LK (AC&S) · LK (Armstrong Cork) · Lk-20 (Armstrong Cork) · LT (Armstrong Cork) · MA (Riva & Mariani) · and 253 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

See also

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 6.
  2. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (March 24, 1970), pp. 1–2.
  3. The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Response to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (February 14, 1968), pp. 1–2.
  4. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories (December 23, 1969), pp. 1, 3.
  5. The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Answers to second interrogatories (April 16, 1968), p. 1.
  6. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 79.

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